Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 3
Unlike those who write on other subjects, the author of a work on Irish history has to labour simultaneously at a two-fold task--he has to create the interest to which he intends to address himself.
Who acts: author · What happens: write, have, create, intend, address · To what, where: other subjects, labour, fold task, interest, author
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (author), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unlike | unlike | ADP | _ | 2 those | case |
| 2 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 17 has | obl |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 write | nsubj |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 those | acl:relcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 subjects | case |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 subjects | amod |
| 7 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 those | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 author | det |
| 10 | author | author | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 work | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 work | det |
| 13 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 author | nmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 history | case |
| 15 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 history | amod |
| 16 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 work | nmod |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 labour | mark |
| 19 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | obj |
| 20 | simultaneously | simultaneously | ADV | _ | 19 labour | advmod |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 26 task | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 task | det |
| 23 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 fold | nummod |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 two | punct |
| 25 | fold | fold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 task | compound |
| 26 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 labour | nmod |
| 27 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 29 has | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 has | nsubj |
| 29 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 has | conj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 create | mark |
| 31 | create | create | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 has | xcomp |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 interest | det |
| 33 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 create | obj |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 which | case |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 intends | obl |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 intends | nsubj |
| 37 | intends | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 interest | acl:relcl |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 address | mark |
| 39 | address | address | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 intends | xcomp |
| 40 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 address | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | other subjects | who nsubj | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the author of a work on Irish history | labour | a fold task | unlike those | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent labour=Patient | ||
| 3 | have | present | author | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | create | to-infinitive | author not said here | the interest | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Result | ||||
| 5 | intend | present | author | to the interest | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | address not said to happen | to-infinitive | author not said here | author | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Destination |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Project Gutenberg book 8109 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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